Psalms 81
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second edition
1For the Leader; upon the Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph. (81-2) Sing aloud unto God our strength; shout unto the God of Jacob.
1Ψαλμὸς τῷ Ἀσάφ. Ο ΘΕΟΣ ἔστη ἐν συναγωγῇ θεῶν, ἐν μέσῳ δὲ θεοὺς διακρινεῖ.
2(81-3) Take up the melody, and sound the timbrel, the sweet harp with the psaltery.
2ἕως πότε κρίνετε ἀδικίαν καὶ πρόσωπα ἁμαρτωλῶν λαμβάνετε; (διάψαλμα).
3(81-4) Blow the horn at the new moon, at the full moon for our feast-day.
3κρίνατε ὀρφανῷ καὶ πτωχῷ, ταπεινὸν καὶ πένητα δικαιώσατε·
4(81-5) For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
4ἐξέλεσθε πένητα καὶ πτωχόν, ἐκ χειρὸς ἁμαρτωλοῦ ρύσασθε αὐτόν.
5(81-6) He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, when He went forth against the land of Egypt. The speech of one that I knew not did I hear:
5οὐκ ἔγνωσαν οὐδὲ συνῆκαν, ἐν σκότει διαπορεύονται· σαλευθήσονται πάντα τὰ θεμέλια τῆς γῆς.
6(81-7) 'I removed his shoulder from the burden; His hands were freed from the basket.
6ἐγὼ εἶπα· θεοί ἐστε καὶ υἱοὶ Ὑψίστου πάντες·
7(81-8) Thou didst call in trouble, and I rescued thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder; I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah
7ὑμεῖς δὲ ὡς ἄνθρωποι ἀποθνήσκετε καὶ ὡς εἷς τῶν ἀρχόντων πίπτετε.
8(81-9) Hear, O My people, and I will admonish thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto Me!
8ἀνάστα, ὁ Θεός, κρίνων τὴν γῆν, ὅτι σὺ κατακληρονομήσεις ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς ἔθνεσι.
9(81-10) There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any foreign god.
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10(81-11) I am the LORD thy God, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt; open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
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11(81-12) But My people hearkened not to My voice; and Israel would none of Me.
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12(81-13) So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, that they might walk in their own counsels.
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13(81-14) Oh that My people would hearken unto Me, that Israel would walk in My ways!
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14(81-15) I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn My hand against their adversaries.
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15(81-16) The haters of the LORD should dwindle away before Him; and their punishment should endure for ever.
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16(81-17) They should also be fed with the fat of wheat; and with honey out of the rock would I satisfy thee.'
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